Viking 2-Row Xtra Pale Malt

1.9 °L - Viking Malt - Xtra Pale is a modern 2-row base malt designed for very light-colored ales.  While it works great as the base malt for any ale, it is particularly perfect for todays extra light colored pale ales and IPAs. Xtra pale is germinated like a pale malt to have a high degree of modification for easy brew house conversion. However, it is then uniquely Kilned like a pilsner malt for a very light color in the 1.7 to 1.9 Lovibond range. The result is a malt that easily and quickly converts like a true pale ale malt, but is as light or lighter than most Pilsner malts. Morebeer! Pro worked with Viking to design this malt based on numerous customer requests. Unique light-colored barley varietals were chosen and the germination and kilning processes were selected to get the best of both worlds.  Compared to other 2-row base malts on the market that were originally designed for big breweries, and are neither true Pilsner or true Pale Malts, Xtra Pale was specifically designed for light, craft-brewed ales. Malt Specification: Moisture % - max. 4.5 Extract fine % dm - min. 81.3 Color °L - 1.9 Protein % dm - max. 10.1 Kolbach Index % - 44.4 Beta-glucan in wort (mg/l) - 185 Friability % - 87 Glassy grains % - 0.4 If this malt is currently out of stock or you'd like to try out a different maltster, please see the substitution chart below. Canada Malting - 2-Row Great Western Malting - Premium 2-Row Briess Malting - Brewers 2-Row Rahr Malting - 2-Row